Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adj] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'll have to make adjustments , but theirs is such a rugby culture that they 'll spare nothing . |
| 2 | She 's not that , I mean she 's such a shit actress ! |
| 3 | Henry , Lucy Lucy , oh she 's such a rat bag , hang on to go and get her over here . |
| 4 | And er the years went by and al all I know is that he said ooh she 's she 's married a London doctor , you see . |
| 5 | Usually the hermit crab utilises a discarded whelk or winkle shell to protect it from predators , but when none is available a plastic jar will do . |
| 6 | really cos there 's such a cross section of conversation going on , it 's really funny there 's this bit in the car when we went outside with the mike and on a at Claire 's party and er erm like there 's me talking to Claire really loudly like across the car and Frank talking to Nigel across the front and he speakers were up here and there 's just a whaaaaaaa this massive rabble going on . |
| 7 | That sounds very snooty , as tequila is n't cheap in this country , but there 's such a snob value on Tequila Gold these days that ordinary mescal juice simply wo n't do . |
| 8 | Yep they 've get in each other 's way but there 's Speedy a predator yard off the keeper . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) Where there is such a material alteration , the proper procedure is to apply for a fresh grant . |
| 10 | Prices are so low in the market because there is such a bumper crop that it is simply not worth them harvesting , as a result it is rational for them er just to leave the apples um , pears and what have you on , on the trees . |
| 11 | Nicols , Winch and Hobart held that the action was well laid because it was alleged that there was a request before the endeavour was made and where there is such a precedent request , a subsequent assumpsit after the execution of the consideration is binding . |
| 12 | It is understandable that the very existence of an ex , or exes , may be an unwelcome reminder of the mortality of relationships , but that does n't explain why the ex herself is such a hate figure . |
| 13 | It 's possible a gas power station could use the turbines to produce electricity again … but the nuclear reactor is fated to become an architectural curiosity |
| 14 | Er it 's Norman the town crier at Leicester . |
| 15 | And , ’ he insisted threateningly , when it seemed she might find her voice to make some vigorous protest , ‘ if you value your job , which I 'm sure you do , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put-up affair . ’ |
| 16 | It crossed her mind that perhaps she should , despite her employer 's ‘ … if you value your job , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put-up affair ’ , explain some of it to Travis . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's all a government scam , and it 's important to say that . |
| 18 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 19 | ‘ It 's such a Cinderella story : she was so very young when she was first plucked from obscurity and hurled into the limelight and yet her transformation has been so quick . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's such a bore cooking when one 's alone . ’ |
| 21 | ( thanking me for my congratulations on her beautiful master-piece ) : ‘ It is hopeless the way life has to change , and become less than life . |
| 22 | It is such a reception committee . |
| 23 | ‘ It is possible an EC directive would be at the same level or just below UK standards . ’ |
| 24 | There is no mention of a monastery and it is likely the Ripon reference has been confused with the ‘ Stanford ’ entry . |
| 25 | Yesterday Mr David Moores , the club 's chairman and a close friend , said : ‘ He is such a fitness fanatic that last year , when he was supposed to be on five days ’ holiday at my house , he was on my front lawn every morning doing exercises ’ . |
| 26 | I do n't believe it , paid all that money for a digital said look at the about stuff , at the end of the day they , he is five a side football stuff like that , had I 've been thinking about joining again , but I do n't really know what I 'm gon na do after Christmas now even Karen said she would n't mind joining but I tried , I managed to put her off that idea . |